French
Why study French?
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French is the 5th most widely spoken language in the world.
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French is the official language of 32 States and governments.
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French is the 4th most-used language on the internet.
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French is a popular major and minor at UT Austin.
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French is one of the top 4 second languages sought after by employers.
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UT Austin has numerous faculty-led and affiliate programs in French-speaking countries.
If you're interested in majoring in French, please visit the Undergraduate French Major page for more information.
Online French Learning Resources
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French Online Program
Welcome to the world of French Online. Our unique program is completely online, meaning that you will begin to learn the beautiful language and culture of the French world virtually! Its asynchronous design allows you to have maximum flexibility so that you can complete assignments at times that fit your schedule and follow the structure you need to learn a language successfully.
The online French program includes three sequential courses, French 406, 407 and 412K. Once you complete the sequence, you also earn your language requirement for the College of Liberal Arts and you may also qualify to continue to FR 317C, a bridge course to advanced French learning at the University of Texas at Austin. Throughout this exciting semi-intensive program, you are guided by our dynamic team of instructors as you interact with authentic materials, use a variety of media, and converse in French with your classmates in live interactions and discussion posts!
L2 French Dataverse
The L2 French Dataverse is an open archive in the Texas Data Repository created by Marylise Rilliard (French Linguistics PhD). The goal is to make this data accessible to language instructors and researchers for pedagogical and research purposes.
This data set contains prompts and their products for writing tasks completed by Upper Division French students (three fictional pieces of writing in French, and two metalinguistic reflections in English). The course focuses on the development of students’ L2 identities in French through self-inspired characters.
L2 French Dataverse:
Français Interactif
Français Interactif explores the French language and culture by following the lives of real students from the University of Texas who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France.
In addition to following the exploits of these UT students, the site includes interviews of native French speakers, as well as scenes of day-to-day interactions in France. Français Interactif combines podcasts, downloadable audio and video files, plus online activities into an enjoyable and engaging format.
Tex's French Grammar
Tex's French Grammar (la grammaire de l'absurde), a pedagogical reference grammar that combines explanations with surreal dialogues and cartoon images. Originally built for students at the University of Texas at Austin as a user-friendly guide to French grammar, this website may be profitably used by any learner of French, provided he or she possess a sense of humor. Tex's French Grammar is arranged like many other traditional reference grammars with the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, etc.) used to categorize specific grammar items (gender of nouns, irregular verbs). Individual grammar items are carefully explained in English, then exemplified in a dialogue, and finally tested in self-correcting, fill-in-the-blank exercises.
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